The Dickens Society

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DICKENS SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM

University of Massachusetts Lowell &
Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, Massachusetts
13 – 15 July 2012
As part of its Dickens in Lowell celebration, the University of
Massachusetts Lowell will host one of the two 2012 Dickens Society
Symposia being offered in this bicentennial year.  Scholars will present
their work July 13–15, 2012 at the Tsongas Industrial History Center.

Hotel accommodations in downtown Lowell at the UMass Lowell Inn &
Conference Center will provide easy access to a major exhibition at the
National Park’s Boott Gallery, Dickens and Massachusetts: A Tale of Power
and Transformation. The exhibition will include several rare artifacts,
including the 1842 portrait of Dickens by Boston painter Francis
Alexander, the Daniel Maclise portrait of the Dickens children, and the
Boston Line Type edition of The Old Curiosity Shop donated by Dickens to
the Perkins School for the Blind in 1868.

The popular Dickens walking tour of Lowell (first offered at the Dickens
and America conference in 2002) and an interactive session at the Tsongas
Industrial History Center will also be featured offerings of the
symposium. Evening events include participation in “Dickens and Steampunk”
special events.

Paper proposals on any aspect of Dickens and his works are invited. Final
papers must be readable in twenty minutes. Please send one-page proposals
by email, as an attachment, to Joel J. Brattin no later than March 31,
2012: jjb@wpi.edu.  Scholars at all stages of their careers are encouraged
to submit proposals. Registration fee is $100 standard fee, $50 graduate
students. The Dickens dinner is $25. Contact DickensinLowell@uml.edu for
more information.

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Partlow Prize may be awarded to one or two graduate
students, independent scholars, or non-tenured faculty, in the amount of
$300 to $500. Those who wish to be considered for the Partlow Prize should
submit a cv and a proposal/synopsis of 500-1000 words. The Partlow Prize
includes a monetary award, a waiver of the symposium registration fee, and
the cost of the Dickens dinner. Dickens Quarterly has the right of first
refusal for publication. The Secretary/Treasurer will inform the host(s)
of the symposium of the sum available for support.

 

 

 

 

 

THE DICKENS SOCIETY’S SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM, BUSINESS MEETING AND DINNER

University of Kent, Canterbury 13th – 15th September 2012

The Dickens Society’s Seventeenth Annual Symposium, Business Meeting and Dinner will be held at the University of Kent, Canterbury.  Delegates will have the choice of on-campus housing or hotel accommodation in the city of Canterbury.